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Orangeville, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Orangeville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47469. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Georgia quadrangle.

Orangeville within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

13 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Orangeville between 2001 and 2012, burning about 103 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestTUCKER LAKE
16 May 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestSHIRLEY CREEK
7 March 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHoosier National ForestBONDS
24 March 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresHoosier National ForestWEST BADEN RESTART
24 March 2001Debris and open burning75 acresHoosier National ForestELK
11 March 2001Debris and open burning12 acresHoosier National ForestPROSPECT
29 February 2004Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresHoosier National ForestLOST ROVER FIRE
28 February 2004Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresHoosier National ForestSILVERTON FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Orangeville: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cave Quarries, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Edwards Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Hopper Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

4 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orangeville in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2001: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2001Thunderstorm WindOrangeville-Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 1998HailOrangeville-Spotter reported dime size hail.
May 1998HailOrangeville-Dime size hail reported by spotter.
June 2001HailOrangeville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hindostan3.5 miles14
Abydel4.2 miles15
Turleys4.6 miles15
Prospect4.8 miles15
Bonds5.2 miles18
West Baden Springs5.4 miles15
Lost River5.8 miles14
Orleans5.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451304. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.